# Hey everybody! It's 04-04-04!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 4, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202 "2004-04-04T17:50:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202/1 "2004-04-04T17:50:12Z")
I just wanted to be the first to point it out!
Dates with nice figures are cool.
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202/2 "2004-04-04T17:52:38Z")
So it is. Damn. I usually spot things like that.
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### Author:  [@htns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/htns)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202/3 "2004-04-04T17:56:13Z")
Ah, so THAT’S why I couldn’t find myself today. 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃
(Sorry, had to be done.)
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### Author:  [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202/4 "2004-04-04T18:08:49Z")
My God! Something like this won’t occur again for over…
a year?
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### Author:  [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202/5 "2004-04-04T18:10:30Z")
Yep, and my little brother turns 23 today.
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### Author:  [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202/6 "2004-04-04T18:29:16Z")
And it’s Opening Day! GO ORIOLES!!!
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### Author:  [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202/7 "2004-04-04T18:30:38Z")
Yeah, up until 2012 events like this will happen every year.
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### Author:  [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2004, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202/8 "2004-04-04T18:41:15Z")
Only post four?
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### Author:  [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202/9 "2004-04-04T19:05:00Z")
So who’s going to post in this thread exactly an hour from now?
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### Author:  [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202/10 "2004-04-04T19:23:11Z")
> [@Mariemarie](#):
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> Dates with nice figures are cool.
I thought I was the only person who thought that.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202/11 "2004-04-04T19:27:36Z")
Don’t dates of this sort usually have some ominous portent for the gibbering lunatics out there on the fringe? Should I load my shotgun?
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### Author:  [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202/12 "2004-04-04T19:45:56Z")
Well, in most countries outside the U.S., in sixteen days it will be
**20 04 2004**.
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### Author:  [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202/13 "2004-04-04T19:59:52Z")
I told my friend this the other day and he said he would play Foursquare at 4:44 am this morning and yell “FORE!” before every move.
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### Author:  [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202/14 "2004-04-04T20:04:11Z")
It is now 04/04/04, 04:04PM, EST.
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### Author:  [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202/15 "2004-04-05T01:45:48Z")
Since I never write leading zeroes for the month and day, a while back I dropped the leading zero for two-digit years as well. So for me, today is:
4/4/4
Of course, as a Computer Scientist, I am in no way advocating the widespread use of single digits for year, especially in computer programs. We hardly need a “decade bug.” That would just lead to bad stuff like increased employment and other things we certainly don’t need.
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### Author:  [@EvilHamsterOnCrack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilHamsterOnCrack)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2004, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202/16 "2004-04-05T01:58:45Z")
> [@ftg](#):
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> Since I never write leading zeroes for the month and day, a while back I dropped the leading zero for two-digit years as well. So for me, today is:
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> 4/4/4
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> Of course, as a Computer Scientist, I am in no way advocating the widespread use of single digits for year, especially in computer programs. We hardly need a “decade bug.” That would just lead to bad stuff like increased employment and other things we certainly don’t need.
I just can’t wait until 11/11/11 at 11:11:11 (AM, not that stupid 23)!
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### Author:  [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202/17 "2004-04-05T02:23:20Z")
> [@Mariemarie](#):
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> …
> Dates with nice figures are cool.
Fussy, some people! For some of us old fogies, I’m sure a date with even an average figure would be cool.
🙂
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### Author:  [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202/18 "2004-04-05T02:45:56Z")
> [@EvilHamsterOnCrack](#):
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> I just can’t wait until 11/11/11 at 11:11:11 (AM, not that stupid 23)!
Bookmark [this site](http://www.lares.dti.ne.jp/~yugo/storage/monocrafts_ver3/03/index.html) and go back there on that date. You’ll be able to see the date/time hit all 1’s.
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### Author:  [@Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_On_My_Sleeve)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202/19 "2004-04-05T04:30:36Z")
My hubby’s birthday is today!
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2004, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-its-04-04-04/238202/20 "2004-04-05T05:55:17Z")
Feh. I was more impressed by 02/02/02.
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